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The Winnipeg River was the main route from the Great Lakes to Western Canada before the railroads were constructed in this area. After reaching Lake Winnipeg, a traveler could go by canoe as far as the Rocky Mountains, Arctic Ocean or Hudson Bay. This section covers the route from Lake Superior to Lake Winnipeg via Rainy Lake, the Rainy River ...
From Lake Winnipeg one could go southwest to the Assiniboine River, northwest to the Saskatchewan River, and from there to Lake Athabasca or northeast up the Hayes River to Hudson Bay. As such, the area was home to three posts: second Fort Maurepas (French, c. 1739 ), Fort Bas de la Rivière (NWC, 1792), and Fort Alexander (HBC, before 1800).
The La Vérendrye Trail generally follows the Red and Winnipeg River systems used by early fur-traders to travel through eastern Manitoba. The vehicular route begins at Provincial Trunk Highway (PTH) 101 (Winnipeg's Perimeter Highway) and comprises the following roads: [3] Provincial Road 204 – PTH 101 (Perimeter Highway) to Provincial Road 212
Lake Winnipeg watershed Winnipeg River; Red River. Assiniboine River. Qu'Appelle River; Souris River; Saskatchewan River. Lake Winnipegosis watershed; List of rivers
Lake Winnipeg has two sites considered globally important in the fall migration. Large populations of waterfowl and shorebirds use the sand bars east of Riverton as a staging area for fall migration. [20] The Netley-Libau Marsh, where the Red River enters Lake Winnipeg, is used by geese, ducks and swallows to gather for the southward migration ...
Winnipeg is named after nearby Lake Winnipeg, 65 km (40 mi) north of the city.English explorer Henry Kelsey may have been the first European to see the lake in 1690. He adopted the Cree and Ojibwe name win-nipi (also transcribed win-nipiy or ouenpig) meaning "murky water" or "muddy water" [12] [13] [14] (modern Cree: wīnipēk, ᐑᓂᐯᐠ).
Pinawa Dam, which began operating in 1906, was originally built to provide residential and commercial hydroelectric power for the city of Winnipeg. [5] [4]The dam was closed in 1951 to allow for the Winnipeg River's full flow to enter the Seven Sisters Generating Station.
The Saskatchewan River drains the prairies east into Lake Winnipeg. The Nelson River drains Lake Winnipeg northeast into Hudson Bay. The Red River comes in from the south. The Saskatchewan River enters Lake Winnipeg at Grand Rapids, Manitoba. Around these rapids to Cedar Lake. (Cedar Lake is one of the chain of lakes that look like a single ...